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who: Jim Kirk & close CR
what: a small get-together, and Jim introducing Victor to his friends
when: April 20th
where: a holosuite simulation of the Enterprise
warnings: none expected!

[ Jim's been in the Quarantine for a year now. Plenty of time to make connections, and establish a solid circle of friends that he cares for, trusts and relies on.

Granted, nothing's perfect. Plenty of people have come and gone. A number of names come to mind, too many people who left that he misses dearly. But the people he has here now, he cherishes them immensely. They're important to him, and some of them he'd almost consider family.

And Victor has mentioned more than once that he'd like to meet his friends. Jim's not keeping their relationship secret by any means, and after a month of going steady, he knows for sure how important Victor is to him, and that he'll be an important part of his life for as long as they're both in the Quarantine. So, it seems like the perfect time to set up a little get-together and invite his friends so he can introduce them to Victor.

Finding a place is a little tricky at first, because his loft is still inaccessible due to the flood, and it's not like he's gonna ask Victor to do it at his place. Beverly offers the perfect suggestion, though, and so Jim sets up one of the holosuites with his Enterprise program. Once arriving at the holosuites downtown and stepping inside, everyone will get to walk through a few of the various corridors of his ship, but the simulation is still fairly limited, and there's only so many areas one can visit. The small party itself is happening on the bridge, which would likely be the most inadequate location if this happened to be the real Enterprise. Seen as it isn't, though, no harm done.

There are a few snacks and sweets for people to help themselves to, plenty of drinks to go around (alcoholic and otherwise), and Jim has gone with a selection of old pop and rock music to be playing quietly in the background. It's not much, but it's really a very informal thing. His main purpose here —and he'll be going around the party making sure it happens— is to introduce Victor to his friends. ]

(( ooc: I'll be going around tossing Jim at people, possibly with Victor tagging along, but everyone's more than free to take this as an open log, so set up your own starters and tag around to your heart's content! ))

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Some people are just like that. [like HIMSELF?? people always teased him about being droidlike in his uber-professionalism. at least he has a sense of humor.]

[cassian almost sort of smiles. it hurts to think about k2 sometimes, but right now he's glad someone else knows his droid existed.] He would hate for you to call him charming. But it was definitely a success. He had my back for a long time, when no one else did.

[and some of that was the loyalty cassian programmed, but he also knows his droid displayed unusual levels of it through the years. he might have programmed a friend, but over time it became very real.] I have his memory core. It arrived during Hygge.

Yeah. Kinda grows on you, though. [ Quite literally, in Spock's case. God knows they didn't get along at first, and even after growing closer they still hit a lot of bumps along the way. They're very different now, though. Which is a good thing. Five years is a long time. ]

Lots of people hate me at first, it's fine. I'd warm up to him. [ He smiles, confident that Cassian knows that. But it's sweet, how the man talks about his droid. He may have reprogrammed him for a purpose, but clearly K2 had become a lot more than just a droid to him. ]

I'm guessing you can't do anything with the memory core.

There is probably some phrase about the more time you spend with a person. [it almost applies to he and jyn, but before coming to the quarantine, they hadn't known each very long in reality.]

[he laugh-sighs.] You would warm up to him much faster than the other way around.

[but if k2 can warm up to jyn, he definitely would have come around to jim. it makes him a little sad, that they probably won't get to meet.]

I have been hesitant to try. I would not want to damage the core as it is. I know it would work into another droid body but. [the specific kinds are lacking here.]

The more time you spend with somebody, the more your relationship grows. [ Jim smiles. ] Can't remember who said it, sadly. Probably a couple hundred years before my time.

[ Jim laughs a bit at that. ] Everybody warms up to me eventually. [ Yes even your grumpy droid. Still, Jim's a little sad he won't get to meet him either. Sounds like a really interesting guy. ]

Yeah, I get you. Besides, you might've been able to access his memories, but not... his essence, I guess. Who he was.

It may not always grow well. [for someone who doesn't know how to handle real relationships, cassian can steer fake ones pretty well.]

Do they warm up to you, or do you wear them down? [it's probably the former, but cassian will pretend the latter.]

I think it would be worse to try and face someone who was not him. [it's a droid, but cassian definitely talks about k2 like a person.] I have time to decide, I suppose.

But it will grow. And in any case, in this situation I think it'll always grow for the better, don't you? [ Maybe he's talking about his droid, maybe he's talking about Jyn. Who's to say? Either way, does it even change Cassian's answer? ]

Maybe it's a little of both. [ He grins, eyes wrinkling at the corners. ] But if it works, I'm not gonna cherrypick.

[ He nods. ] Yeah. I wouldn't make any rash decisions either, in your place. But... you have a part of him with you here. That's kind of nice, isn't it?

[there's a pause.] I hope so, for the better.

[cassian is a very cynical person, particularly when it comes to himself, but if he didn't have the capacity to hope on some level, he would not have lasted as long as he did in the rebellion.]

Yes. It was... surprising when it arrived, but I like having it with me now. He was all I had for a long time. I thought there was nothing left of him, and maybe there is not at home - but there is here.

[opens up about his droid, look at this emotional progress.]

[ Jim will be the optimistic one on his behalf, if need be. Not that he thinks that he has to, anyway. Here on the moon, Jyn's the person Cassian's closest to, and he gets the distinct feeling that he wouldn't know how to even be away from her— and the reverse applies just the same. ]

There will always be something left of him. Here— [ He presses a finger lightly to Cassian's temple, meaning his mind, his memories. ] —and here. [ That finger moves to tap on Cassian's chest, over his heart. He doesn't have to say it for Jim to be able to tell that he cares about K2SO. ]

Come on. There's plenty of the ship for me to show you. [ Resting an arm loosely around Cassian's shoulders, he guides him down the hallway so they can explore the rest of the ship. ]

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